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简介:Weproposeandexperimentallydemonstrateanoveltypeofpolarizationrotatorthatiscapableofrotatingthepolarizationplaneofalinearlypolarizedlightatanydesiredangleineitherbroadornarrowspectralbandwidth.Therotatorcomprisesanarrayofstandardhalf-waveplatesrotatedatspecificangleswithrespecttotheirfast-polarizationaxes.Theperformanceoftherotatordependsonthenumberofindividualhalf-waveplates,andinthispaperweexperimentallyinvestigatetheperformanceoftwocompositerotatorscomprising6and10half-waveplates.
简介:Amplitude,phaseandpolarizationareessentialparametersofanopticalfield.Inthepastdecade,withtheenhancementoftechniquesinmanipulatingphaseandpolarizationstatesincomplexopticalfields,opticalvorticesandvectorbeamsareinvestigatedinacloselycoupledfashionintermsofefficientbeamgenerationandmanipulation,stabletransmissionandnoveldetectionaimedatvariousapplications.Inthisspecialissue6invitedpapersdemonstrateanumberoftypicaltopicsinthefield,withemphasisonthevectorialbeamgenerationandopticalcommunicationsystemsutilisingorbitalangularmomentum(OAM).
简介:Opticalvorticesastopologicalobjectsexistubiquitouslyinnature.Inthispaper,bymakinguseoftheDuan'stopologicalcurrenttheory,weinvestigatethetopologyintheclosedandknottedopticalvortices.Thetopologicalinnerstructureoftheopticalvorticesareobtained,andthelinkingoftheknottedopticalvorticesisalsogiven.
简介:Asakindoftwo-dimensionaltransitionmetaldichalcogenidematerial,tungstendiselenide(WSe2)hasattractedincreasingattention,owingtoitsgappedelectronicstructure,relativelyhighcarriermobility,andvalleypseudospin,allofwhichshowitsvaluablenonlinearopticalproperties.TherearefewstudiesonthenonlinearopticalpropertiesofWSe2andcorrelationwithitselectronicstructure.Inthispaper,theeffectsofspatialself-phasemodulation(SSPM)anddistortioninfluenceofWSe2ethanolsuspensionsaresystematicallystudied,namely,thenonlinearrefractiveindexandthird-ordernonlinearopticaleffect.WeobtainedtheWSe2dispersionsSSPMdistortionformationmechanism,andthroughit,wecalculatedthenonlinearrefractiveindexn2,nonlinearsusceptibilityχ3,andtheirwavelengthdependenceundertheexcitationof457nm,532nm,and671nmlasers.Moreover,byuseofitsstrongandbroadbandnonlinearopticalresponse,all-opticalswitchingoftwodifferentlaserbeamsduetospatialcross-phasemodulationhasbeenrealizedexperimentally.Ourresultsareusefulforfutureopticaldevices,suchasall-opticalswitchingandall-opticalinformationconversion.
简介:Wedemonstratedlong-periodgrating(LPG)inscriptiononpolymerfunctionalizedopticalmicrofibersanditsapplicationsinopticalsensing.Opticalmicrofiberswerefunctionalizedwithultraviolet-sensitivepolymethylmethacrylatejacketsand,thus,LPGscouldbeinscribedonopticalmicrofibersviapoint-by-pointultravioletlaserexposure.Fora2mmlongmicrofiberLPG(MLPG)inscribedonopticalmicrofiberswithadiameterof5.4μm,aresonantdipof15dBat1377nmwasobserved.ThisMLPGshowedahighsensitivityofstrainandaxialforce,i.e.,-1.93pm∕μεand-1.15pm∕μN,respectively.AlthoughtheintrinsictemperaturesensitivityoftheLPGsisrelativelylow,i.e.,-12.75pm∕°C,itcanbeincreasedtobe-385.11pm∕°Cbyappropriatesealing.Benefitingfromthesmallfootprintandhighsensitivity,MLPGscouldhavepotentialapplicationsinopticalsensingofstrain,axialforce,andtemperature.
简介:Opticalmicrocavitieshaveattractedtremendousinterestinbothfundamentalandappliedresearchinthepastfewdecades,thankstotheirsmallfootprint,easyintegrability,andhighqualityfactors.Usingtotalinternalreflectionfromadielectricinterfaceoraphotonicbandgapinaperiodicsystem,thesephotonicstructuresdonotrelyonconventionalmetal-coatedmirrorstoconfinelightinsmallvolumes,whichhavebroughtforthnewdevelopmentsinbothclassicalandquantumoptics.Thisfocusissueshowcasesseveralsuchdevelopmentsandrelatedfindings,whichmaypavethewayforthenextgenerationofon-chipphotonicdevicesbasedonmicrocavities.
简介:Weproposeanovelsiliconopticalphaseshifterstructurebasedonheterogeneousstrip-loadedwaveguidesonaphotonicsilicononinsulator(SOI)platform.ThefeaturesofanetchlessSOIlayerandloadedstripwouldenhancetheperformanceanduniformityofsiliconopticalmodulatorsonalarge-scalewafer.WeimplementedthephaseshifterbyloadinganamorphoussiliconstripontoanSOIlayerwithaverticalPNdiodestructure.ComparedtotheconventionallateralPNphaseshifterbasedonhalf-etchedribwaveguides,thisphaseshiftershowsa>1.5timesenhancementofmodulationefficiencyandprovides>20GHzhigh-speedoperation.
简介:Weinvestigatethenonlineardynamicsofmulti-dimensionalopticalpulsespropagatinginanisotropicselfdefocusingmedium,Usingamethodofmultiple-scalesweshowthatthenonlinearevolutionofthepulsesisgovernedbyDavey-Stewartsonequations.Dromion-likenonlinearlocalizedstructures(high-dimensionalOpticalsolitons)excitedfromacontinuouswavebadckgroundanddecayinginallspatialdirectionsarepredictedthroughtheinteractionbetweenawavepacketsuperposedbyshort-wavelengthcomponentsandalong-wavelengthmeanfieldgeneratedbyanopticalrectification.
简介:ThecomparativenumericalandanalyticalanalysisofscintillationindicesofthevortexLaguerre–GaussianbeamandthenonvortexdoughnutholeandGaussianbeamspropagatingintherandomlyinhomogeneousatmospherehasbeenperformed.Ithasbeenfoundthatthedependenceofthescintillationindexattheaxisoftheopticalvortexontheturbulenceintensityatthepathhastheformofaunitstep.Ithasbeenshownthatthebehaviorofscintillationsinthecrosssectionsofvortexandnonvortexbeamsdifferswidely.DespitethescintillationindexofvortexbeamshasbeencalculatedonlyforthesimplestLG10mode,theobtainedresultsarequitegeneral,becausetheydemonstratethemainpropertiesinherentinscintillationsofvortexbeamsofanytype.
简介:Anarrowbandtunableantireflectionopticalfilterisproposedandnumericallystudied.Thestructureisametasurfacebasedonplasmonicnanoparticlesonanelectro-opticfilminathree-layerconfigurationofmetaldielectric-metal(MDM)inthevisiblenear-infraredrange.BytuningthevoltageandthustuningtherefractiveindexofthedielectricLiNbO3,onecanshiftthewavelengthofminimumreflectionasdesired.Theparametersofgoldnanoparticlesandotherelementsusedforthefilterdesignandrefractiveindexofthedielectricareobtainedbythefinite-elementmethod(FEM).AnanalyticaltheoryispresentedtoexplaintheFEMsimulationresults,andtheyagreewellwitheachother.ItisfoundthatthefrequencyoftheplasmonicresonancewaveonthemetasurfaceshouldbeequaltothatoftheFabry–PerotresonatorformedbytheMDMtohaveagoodfilteringproperty.TheoreticalspectraobtainedbyFEMsimulationshowthatthestructurehasextensivepotentialforthedesignoftunablenarrow-bandfiltersformodulators,displayers,andcolorextractionforimaging.
简介:MuonsproducedbytheBethe–HeitlerprocessfromlaserwakefieldacceleratedelectronsinteractingwithhighZmaterialshavevelocitiesclosetothelaserwakefield.Itispossibletoacceleratethosemuonswithlaserwakefielddirectly.Thereforeforthefirsttimeweproposeanall-optical‘GeneratorandBooster’schemetoacceleratetheproducedmuonsbyanotherlaserwakefieldtosupplyaprompt,compact,lowcostandcontrollablemuonsourceinlaserlaboratories.Thetrappingandaccelerationofmuonsareanalyzedbyone-dimensionalanalyticmodelandverifiedbytwo-dimensionalparticle-in-cell(PIC)simulation.Itisshownthatmuonscanbetrappedinabroadenergyrangeandacceleratedtohigherenergythanthatofelectronsforlongerdephasinglength.WefurtherextrapolatethedependenceofthemaximumaccelerationenergyofmuonswiththelaserwakefieldrelativisticfactorγandtherelevantinitialenergyE0.Itisshownthatamaximumenergyupto15.2GeVispromisingwithγ=46andE0=1.45GeVontheexistingshortpulselaserfacilities.
简介:Awoofer–tweeteradaptiveopticalstructuredilluminationmicroscope(AOSIM)ispresented.Bycombiningalow-spatial-frequencylarge-strokedeformablemirror(woofer)withahigh-spatial-frequencylow-strokedeformablemirror(tweeter),weareabletoremovebothlarge-amplitudeandhigh-orderaberrations.Inaddition,usingthestructuredilluminationmethod,ascomparedtowidefieldmicroscopy,theAOSIMcanaccomplishhighresolutionimagingandpossessesbettersectioningcapability.TheAOSIMwastestedbycorrectingalargeaberrationfromatriallensintheconjugateplaneofthemicroscopeobjectiveaperture.TheexperimentalresultsshowthattheAOSIMhasapointspreadfunctionwithanFWHMthatis140nmwide(usingawaterimmersionobjectivelenswithNA=1.1)aftercorrectingalargeaberration(5.9μmpeak-to-valleywavefronterrorwith2.05μmRMSaberration).Afterstructuredlightilluminationisapplied,theresultsshowthatweareabletoresolvetwobeadsthatareseparatedby145nm,1.62×belowthediffractionlimitof235nm.Furthermore,wedemonstratetheapplicationoftheAOSIMinthefieldofbioimaging.Thesampleunderinvestigationwasagreen-fluorescentprotein-labeledDrosophilaembryo.Theaberrationsfromtherefractiveindexmismatchbetweenthemicroscopeobjective,theimmersionfluid,thecoverslip,andthesampleitselfarewellcorrected.UsingAOSIMwewereabletoincreasetheSNRforourDrosophilaembryosampleby5×.